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New groups calls for an end to racism within Halifax Transit

A new group in Halifax is targeting racism on public transit. Dalhousie Professor Isaac Saney is among those who has helped create the group, called Racism-Free Transit in Halifax. The movement began after an incident in October, where Saney says he was verbally attacked on a bus by two white passengers. According to Saney, he […]

Manitoba government recognizes 85th anniversary of Holodomor

The province recognized the 85th anniversary of the end of the Holodomor with a commemoration Thursday at the Legislative Building. The Holodomor, a famine and genocide that killed millions in Ukraine between 1932-33, is of special importance to Manitoba due to the province’s large Ukrainian population. The province is among the jurisdictions around the world […]

Trump renews threat to close Mexico border

Donald Trump has threatened to close the whole US-Mexico border, including halting trade with Mexico, if the arrival of migrants from central America there leads to disorder. He also said he had given troops at the border the go-ahead to use lethal force if needed. On Monday the US briefly closed a busy crossing to […]

Angry Trump lashes out at judges on Thanksgiving Day

WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Donald Trump renewed his attacks on the judiciary on Thanksgiving Day Thursday (Nov 22), accusing judges of making the country unsafe as he fanned a bitter row over asylum seekers on the US-Mexico border. In a teleconference with US troops, comments to reporters at his Florida estate and early morning […]

Paradegoers Brave Coldest Thanksgiving in New York Since 1901

The National Weather Service on Thursday reported the morning’s lowest temperature at Central Park was 19 degrees, tying it for the second-coldest Thanksgiving Day in New York City’s history, and the coldest since 1901. (Temperatures dipped to 15 degrees in 1871.) And yet thousands still lined up, albeit all bundled up, along the route to […]

Prime minister to address Calgary chamber Thursday

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in Calgary Thursday afternoon to address the Calgary Chamber of Commerce. He will make an affordable housing announcement in the morning before addressing business leaders at the chamber of commerce over the lunch hour. There will also be an audience question and answer session with the prime minister at […]

Man suffers severe burns after residential fire in Junction Triangle

Toronto fire officials say a man suffered second- and third-degree burns to his body following a residential blaze in the Junction Triangle neighbourhood of Toronto. Firefighters responded to a call around 7:23 a.m. Thursday at a residence on Sterling Road just south of Bloor Street West. Fire officials said a middle-aged man was rescued from […]

Rogue ‘M.T.A. Museum’ Celebrates Everything Dingy About the Subway

Viewed in a certain light — usually fluorescent — many of New York City’s subway stations are aging underground crypts in need of serious renovation. White tiles have faded to a dingy beige; some bear the rust-colored scars left by water damage. Floors are so mottled one might have trouble discerning their original hue. And […]